Which Grimm fairy tale is this? 1οΈβ£ 2οΈβ£ πΈ π πAnswer: The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Source: English Wikipedia: The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? π π§ πAnswer: The Elves and the Shoemaker. Source: English Wikipedia: The Elves and the Shoemaker
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? πΎ 𧡠π₯ πAnswer: Rumpelstiltskin. Source: English Wikipedia: Rumpelstiltskin
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? π π¦ π¦ πAnswer: The Hare and the Hedgehog. Source: English Wikipedia: The Hare and the Hedgehog
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? π΄ π π π πΆAnswer: The Town Musicians of Bremen. Source: English Wikipedia: Town Musicians of Bremen
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? πΈ π‘ π€΄Answer: The Frog Prince. Source: English Wikipedia: The Frog Prince
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? πΊ πͺ 7οΈβ£ π π°οΈAnswer: The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats. Source: English Wikipedia: The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? π¦ π§ π² π π°Answer: Hansel and Gretel. Source: English Wikipedia: Hansel and Gretel
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? π§ π§ βοΈ πͺ π»Answer: Snow-White and Rose-Red. Source: English Wikipedia: Snow-White and Rose-Red
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? π§ ποΈ βοΈ π₯Answer: Mother Holle. Source: English Wikipedia: Frau Holle
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? πΈ 7οΈβ£ πAnswer: Snow White. Source: English Wikipedia: Snow White
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? πΈ π π€΄ π¦ π§Answer: King Thrushbeard. Source: English Wikipedia: King Thrushbeard
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? πΌ π±ββοΈ β¬οΈAnswer: Rapunzel. Source: English Wikipedia: Rapunzel
Which Grimm fairy tale is this? 𧡠βοΈ 7οΈβ£ π₯Answer: The Brave Little Tailor. Source: English Wikipedia: The Brave Little Tailor
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Round 2: Hans Christian Andersen 15
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? 1οΈβ£ 1οΈβ£ π¦’ πΈ πΏ πAnswer: The Wild Swans. Source: English Wikipedia: The Wild Swans
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? βοΈ βοΈ π΄ πAnswer: Ole LukΓΈje. Source: English Wikipedia: Ole LukΓΈje
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? βοΈ πΈ π· π¦Answer: The Snow Queen. Source: English Wikipedia: The Snow Queen
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π² π β¬οΈ π₯Answer: The Fir-Tree. Source: English Wikipedia: The Fir-Tree
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π· π§ π πΈAnswer: Thumbelina. Source: English Wikipedia: Thumbelina
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π₯ π’ β‘οΈ π¦’Answer: The Ugly Duckling. Source: English Wikipedia: The Ugly Duckling
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π¦ πΆ π π€Answer: The Nightingale. Source: English Wikipedia: The Nightingale (fairy tale)
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π 𧡠π« π π§Answer: The Emperor's New Clothes. Source: English Wikipedia: The Emperor's New Clothes
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π€΄ π π² πAnswer: The Swineherd. Source: English Wikipedia: The Swineherd
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π₯Ύ π₯Ύ π π°οΈAnswer: The Galoshes of Fortune. Source: English Wikipedia: The Galoshes of Fortune
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? π§ββοΈ π 𦡠π€΄Answer: The Little Mermaid. Source: English Wikipedia: The Little Mermaid
Which Andersen fairy tale is this? 𧳠π« πΈ πΌAnswer: The Flying Trunk. Source: English Wikipedia: The Flying Trunk
Round 3: French tales and English nursery tales 15
Which fairy tale is this? 3οΈβ£ π π πAnswer: The Ridiculous Wishes. Source: English Wikipedia: The Ridiculous Wishes
Which fairy tale is this? π π πAnswer: Cinderella. Source: English Wikipedia: Cinderella
Which fairy tale is this? π β‘οΈ π± βοΈ π₯Answer: Jack and the Beanstalk. Source: English Wikipedia: Jack and the Beanstalk
Which fairy tale is this? π π’ πΉ πAnswer: Puss in Boots. Source: English Wikipedia: Puss in Boots
Which fairy tale is this? π π° β¬οΈ βοΈAnswer: Henny Penny. Source: English Wikipedia: Henny Penny
Which fairy tale is this? π· π· π· π πΊ π¨Answer: The Three Little Pigs. Source: English Wikipedia: The Three Little Pigs
Which fairy tale is this? π π¦ βͺ π² πΉ π₯ΎAnswer: Hop-o'-My-Thumb. Source: English Wikipedia: Hop-o'-My-Thumb
Which fairy tale is this? π¦ π πAnswer: Tom Thumb. Source: English Wikipedia: Tom Thumb
Which fairy tale is this? π¨ πΉ πΉ π°Answer: Beauty and the Beast. Source: English Wikipedia: Beauty and the Beast
Which fairy tale is this? π±ββοΈ π» π» π» π₯£Answer: Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Source: English Wikipedia: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Which fairy tale is this? πΈ 𧡠π΄ π―Answer: Sleeping Beauty. Source: English Wikipedia: Sleeping Beauty
Which fairy tale is this? π πΉ π πΈ πAnswer: Diamonds and Toads. Source: English Wikipedia: Diamonds and Toads
Which fairy tale is this? π΄ π πΎ πAnswer: The Little Red Hen. Source: English Wikipedia: The Little Red Hen
Which fairy tale is this? π΄ π§₯ π§Ί π΅ πΊAnswer: Little Red Riding Hood. Source: English Wikipedia: Little Red Riding Hood
Which fairy tale is this? π€΄ βͺ π π° πAnswer: The White Cat. Source: English Wikipedia: The White Cat (fairy tale)
Round 4: tales from around the world 15
Which tale is this? 4οΈβ£ 0οΈβ£ π¦Ή β°οΈ πͺ π£οΈAnswer: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Source: English Wikipedia: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Which tale is this? βοΈ π§ β΅ πAnswer: Why the Sea Is Salt. Source: English Wikipedia: Why the Sea is Salt
Which tale is this? βͺ π» π§ π―οΈ βοΈ πAnswer: East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Source: English Wikipedia: East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Which tale is this? β΅ 7οΈβ£ ποΈ πAnswer: Sinbad the Sailor. Source: English Wikipedia: Sinbad the Sailor
Which tale is this? π π¦ π π π¦ πΉAnswer: MomotarΕ. Source: English Wikipedia: MomotarΕ
Which tale is this? π β¨ πΆ πAnswer: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Source: English Wikipedia: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Which tale is this? π£ π’ π π¦ π΄Answer: Urashima TarΕ. Source: English Wikipedia: Urashima TarΕ
Which tale is this? πΆ π π π§ π§Answer: The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Source: English Wikipedia: Pied Piper of Hamelin
Which tale is this? π π π π πΉAnswer: The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Source: English Wikipedia: Three Billy Goats Gruff
Which tale is this? π§ π² ποΈ π π₯Answer: Vasilisa the Beautiful. Source: English Wikipedia: Vasilisa the Beautiful
Which tale is this? π΄ π΅ β π§ π₯Answer: The Snow Maiden. Source: English Wikipedia: Snegurochka
Which tale is this? π΄ π΅ π§ π π πAnswer: The Gigantic Turnip. Source: English Wikipedia: The Gigantic Turnip
Which tale is this? πΈ β°οΈ π π π πAnswer: The Princess on the Glass Hill. Source: English Wikipedia: The Princess on the Glass Hill
Which tale is this? π€΄ πΉ πΈ π°Answer: The Frog Princess. Source: English Wikipedia: The Frog Princess
Which tale is this? πͺ π§ πAnswer: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Source: English Wikipedia: Aladdin
How this list was compiled: Own work: 60 picture puzzles written for this site on 13 October 2026, 15 in each of four rounds; nothing was copied from another quiz or list. Every answer is a traditional tale under its traditional title: tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, tales by Hans Christian Andersen, French tales (Charles Perrault, Madame d'Aulnoy, Villeneuve and Beaumont) with English-language nursery tales, and tales from the Middle East, Norway, Russia, Germany and Japan. No film or studio version is an answer. The plot details each row shows, and the line under each answer, were read on 13 October 2026 in the English Wikipedia article named on the puzzle (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) and are told in our own words; where versions of a tale differ, the row follows the version that article summarizes. The three other choices of each puzzle are real tales named in those articles or in the English Wikipedia article Grimms' Fairy Tales. A picture stands for a thing with no emoji of its own: a horse for the donkey, thread for the spindle, a chestnut for the acorn, a green circle for the pea, the pine decoration for bamboo, a red coat for the hooded cape. Every emoji is a fully-qualified emoji of Emoji 12.0, checked against the Unicode Consortium's list (https://unicode.org/Public/emoji/12.0/emoji-test.txt), read on 13 October 2026. No row repeats a row of the site's other emoji quizzes. Levels are our own estimate. Licence: own work
How it works
This fairy tale emoji quiz tells 60 tales in rows of emoji: fifteen each from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, French and English nursery tales and tales from around the world. Pick from four titles, or print a round.
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What the four rounds hold
Round 1 is the Grimms, from Snow White to King Thrushbeard. Round 2 is Andersen, from The Little Mermaid to The Galoshes of Fortune. Round 3 has Cinderella, Puss in Boots and the English nursery tales, such as The Three Little Pigs. Round 4 travels: Aladdin, MomotarΕ of Japan, the Russian Snow Maiden.
Play it in a classroom or a library
Read a row aloud as a riddle: a frog, a golden ball, a prince. Children name the tale before the four titles are shown. For a paper game, the sheet starts with 20 rows and takes more, and its answer key prints with it when ticked.
Some things have no emoji. A horse stands for the donkey of Bremen, and a green circle for the pea.
Questions and answers
Does the fairy tale emoji quiz come with answers?
Yes. Picking a title shows the right one and a line on how the emoji tell the story. All 60 rows are listed with their answers lower on the page, each with the Wikipedia article its plot was checked against.
Is the fairy tale emoji quiz easy enough for children?
For children who know the stories, yes. Start with Round 3, where Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood are. Each round has five easy rows, six medium and four hard, and the hard ones are lesser-known tales such as The Hare and the Hedgehog.
Why does a row not match the story I know?
Old tales come in many versions, and no film version is an answer. Each row follows the version summarized in the article named beside its answer: the Grimms' frog fetches a golden ball from a well, and Perrault's Sleeping Beauty sleeps a hundred years.